{"id":9292,"date":"2023-12-31T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=9292"},"modified":"2024-01-04T08:21:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T08:21:04","slug":"galways-county-sound-welcomes-1988","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/galways-county-sound-welcomes-1988\/","title":{"rendered":"Galway&#8217;s County Sound welcomes 1988"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_54\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9292-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8058AI-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8058AI-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8058AI-A-192.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8058AI-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=9292-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8058AI-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8058AI-A-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Jon-Richards-from-Big-Sam-1988-edit.jpeg\" alt=\"Galway&#039;s County Sound welcomes 1988\" class=\"wp-image-2617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Jon-Richards-from-Big-Sam-1988-edit.jpeg 930w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Jon-Richards-from-Big-Sam-1988-edit-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Jon-Richards-from-Big-Sam-1988-edit-768x513.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Jon Richards in the County Sound studio in 1988 (courtesy Big Sam). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>County Sound broadcast to Galway from 17<sup>th<\/sup> March 1987 until 31<sup>st<\/sup> December 1988 and built up a loyal listenership during its time on air.  Based originally in the town of Tuam, County Sound moved into Galway City in January 1988 and slogged it out with another pirate Coast 103 for local advertising revenue. Both stations were professional operations and dominated the Galway radio market at the end of the pirate era. This recording was made exactly a year before County Sound closed down and features regular overnight presenter Jon Richards bidding farewell to 1987 and welcoming 1988. He looks back at the pop music highlights of 1987, reviews the year&#8217;s films and previews cinematic releases for the new year. Jon Richards continues to broadcast on local station Galway Bay FM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8058AI-A-1024x434.jpg\" alt=\"Galway&#039;s County Sound welcomes 1988\" class=\"wp-image-9293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8058AI-A-1024x434.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8058AI-A-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8058AI-A-768x326.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/8058AI-A.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Original cassette label from Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording was made from County Sound&#8217;s Tuam transmitter on 94.3 FM between 2345 and 0030 on 31<sup>st<\/sup> December 1987 and 1<sup>st<\/sup> January 1988. It is from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>County Sound broadcast to Galway from 17th March 1987 until 31st December 1988 and built up a loyal listenership during its time on air. Based originally in the town of Tuam, County Sound moved into Galway City in January 1988 and slogged it out with another pirate Coast 103 for local advertising revenue. Both stations &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/galways-county-sound-welcomes-1988\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Galway&#8217;s County Sound welcomes 1988&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[505,487,564,326,322,364,688],"class_list":["post-9292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-505","tag-487","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-county-sound-galway","tag-galway","tag-jon-richards","tag-new-years-day"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Galway&#039;s County Sound welcomes 1988 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/galways-county-sound-welcomes-1988\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Galway&#039;s County Sound welcomes 1988 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"County Sound broadcast to Galway from 17th March 1987 until 31st December 1988 and built up a loyal listenership during its time on air. 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